We are thrilled to announce that Â鶹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ iGEM has won the 2025 Grand Prize at iGEM Jamboree, the world’s leading student competition in synthetic biology. This marks the second time in just 3 years that the team earns this prestigious distinction, with their project, Cohera—a complete toolkit for multicellular engineering that allows synthetic biologists to access the full potential of cell-cell adhesion—bringing them to first place against 195 participating institutions.
The team is made up of members from across the Faculties of Engineering and Medicine, including the departments of Bioengineering, Software Engineering, Neuroscience, Biology, Physics, Anatomy and Cell Biology, and Computer Science, with 85% of the students being women. Profs. Codruta Ignea (Bioengineering) and Lisa Münter (Pharmacology) helped support and mentor the team throughout the year.
A big congratulations to Â鶹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ iGEM! Nicholas Da Costa Bastidas, Lucas Elliott, Chloe Wei, Mollee Ye, Salena Sun, Evelyn Yu, Lucy Wiggers, Camille Heaney, Johanna Turton, Naomi Blackadar, Victoria Ma, Rhianna Jiang, Annie Dang, Mercy Ajibola, Dante Daniel Garcia Perez, Elizabeth Kourbatski, Jeremy Lachance, Kai Lian, Alexandra Mclean, Ryan Marshall, Malak Oualid, Ruihang Shen, Laura Sun, Adrian Yehia, and Kevin Liu
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